Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:03:22 -0500 From: Shaun <senmonk6@yahoo.com> To: Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020227215857.00a0e080@pop.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020228023829.7D85D37B41E@hub.freebsd.org> References: <F83B2b0s065uZeGfFjw0000a963@hotmail.com> <F83B2b0s065uZeGfFjw0000a963@hotmail.com>
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That was very well put. I completely agree. I also sympathize with the frustrations of the "core." I am what you might call an intermediate user, who switched from Linux. The main reason that I choose FreeBSD over the other flavors was the extensive documentation and mailing list archive. I have not yet had one thing that I needed to post to a list that I didn't find somewhere else. Much gratitude goes towards the few who run everything. Shaun Newcomer Senior Server Administrator/Webmaster Mentor High School monk@mentorhigh.com At 06:37 PM 2/27/2002 -0800, you wrote: >On Wednesday 27 February 2002 06:16 pm, Gerardo Paredes wrote: > > > Mr Arrogant, you are right, newbies got to learn the Fine Handbook before > > they ask lame questions. > >For any newbies that haven't figured it out yet, there are three fundamentals >reasons for checking the documentation before you post a question. First, if >you post a question with an answer readily available in the Handbook, you >broadcast your lameness to the world. Yes, there will be times where you >overlook something and ask a lame question, but one lame question out of ten >is much better then ten lame questions out of ten. > >Second, the people on the ircs and mailing lists are volunteers. They don't >get paid for taking the time to look up answers that you could have looked up >anyway. FreeBSD Mall offers paid support plans if you wish to access tech >support people that actually ARE paid to answer your questions. > >And finally, learning about your system is a wonderful thing. But you will >never learn it if you keep insisting on being spoon fed. > >David (aka Mr. Arrogant) > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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